Ah yeah 啊是啊

It's real 这是真实的

Gonna put it down 会爱不释手

All these little crime thangs 所有这些小的犯罪thangs

Homeless the world is crazy boy 无家可归的世界是疯狂的男孩

It's like this 是这样的

It's the way it is 这是事情是这样的

Heavy out there, it's heavy 沉重的摆在那里，它的重

   

Was I really such a bad child that I deserved to get hit with boards 难道我真的这么差的孩子，我当之无愧地会碰到板

And whooped with extension cords? 并用延长线直喊？

Did you forget that I was your creation 你忘了，我是你的创造

And all I wanted from you all was love hope and motivation? 和所有我从你所有想要的是爱的希望和动力？

   

Son, you're disrespectful and you're talking back, get out my face 儿子，你不尊重，你在说回来，走出我的脸

Kicked me out the house and wouldn't even let me plead my case 踢我出了房子，甚至不让我恳求我的情况

Now, I'm homeless and I'm freezing like the morgue 现在，我无家可归，我喜欢冰冻太平间

The only thing keeping me alive is the Lord 唯一让我活着是上帝

   

Needless to say it's times like this I'd rather be locked up then 不用说这几次都是这样，我宁愿被关起来，然后

Drinkin' water out my hands and eatin' out of garbage cans 喝醉水出我的手， eatin 于垃圾桶

Can I come back home, huh could I? 我可以回家了，呵呵是不是？

Son, you're on your own, why should I? 儿子，你是你自己，为什么要这样呢？

   

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is 有些thingsll永远不会改变，这只是事情是这样的

Nobody's even concerned 没有人甚至担心

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is 有些thingsll永远不会改变，这只是事情是这样的

When will we ever learn? 当我们到底学到了什么？

   

Huh, three years from now, I think I'm gon be straight 呵呵，从现在起三年内，我想我会去直

I put my name on the list for section 8 我把我的名字在名单上的第8

Tried out for the army but I was flat footed 尝试了陆军，但我措手不及

Didn't do no harm to me, 'cause I was used to it 没有做任何伤害到我，因为我习惯了

   

If I apply for some work, let's make a bet 如果我申请了一些工作，让我们打个赌

I'll get the nine 'cause I don't know about the Internet 我会得到九个，因为我不知道互联网

What do you think we need to do to change about this nation? 你觉得我们需要做些什么来改变这个国家？

Need to provide more jobs and better education 需要提供更多的就业机会和更好的教育

   

Nuclear weapons, puh, should be stopping crimes 核武器， PUH ，应停止犯罪

Already got enough to blow the world up a thousand times 已经有足够的核武器炸毁世达一千倍

The birds and the bees, deadly disease 鸟类和蜜蜂，致命的疾病

Teenage pregnancies, STDs 少女怀孕，性传播疾病

   

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is 有些thingsll永远不会改变，这只是事情是这样的

Nobody's even concerned 没有人甚至担心

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is 有些thingsll永远不会改变，这只是事情是这样的

When will we ever learn? 当我们到底学到了什么？

   

A wait, a wait a minute, I hear sirens à等待，等待一分钟，我听到警笛声

Oh, that's the couple down the street 哦，那是夫妻俩在街上

Domestic violence either them or the little girl in 306 家庭暴力无论他们或在306的小女孩

She's always telling everyone that she gon slice her wrists 她总是告诉大家，她会去切她的手腕

   

I guess that's the way it is in the life of sin 我想这是它在罪恶的生活的方式

Where you'll prolly end up dead, or in the pen 在那里你会prolly最终死亡，或在笔

But my family ain't no better than the next 但我的家庭是比下没有比这更好

My auntie Brenda turned her own sister in for writing bad checks 我的阿姨布伦达原来她自己的姐姐写空头支票

   

And save folks try to hit you where it hurts 并保存人尝试打你的痛处

Knowin' they the biggest hypocrites in the church 深深地知道“他们最大的伪君子在教会

We need to give our minds a bath and do some scrubbin' 我们需要给我们的心灵洗个澡，做一些scrubbin “

Stop the hate and start the lovin' 停止仇恨，并开始喜欢“

   

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is 有些thingsll永远不会改变，这只是事情是这样的

Nobody's even concerned 没有人甚至担心

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is 有些thingsll永远不会改变，这只是事情是这样的

When will we ever learn? 当我们到底学到了什么？

   

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is 有些thingsll永远不会改变，这只是事情是这样的

Nobody's even concerned 没有人甚至担心

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is 有些thingsll永远不会改变，这只是事情是这样的

When will we ever learn? 当我们到底学到了什么？

Learn, learn, learn, learn 学习，学习，学习，学习